University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

L.N. 149 of 2011

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5)

and 75(6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University

of Malta has promulgated the following regulations made by the Senate of the

University of Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 75

and 79 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the University Assessment (Amendment)

Regulations, 2011 and shall be read and construed as one with the University

Assessment Regulations, 2009, published as Legal Notice 274 of 2009, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from October 2010 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 13 of the principal regulations

The following sub-paragraph (c) shall be added after sub-paragraph (b) of

paragraph (1) of regulation 13 of the principal regulations

“(c) reviewing the marks of students who do not obtain an overall pass mark for

a Study-Unit before the final result is agreed to and published.”

Amendment to regulation 41 of the principal regulations

For regulation 41 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“41 (1) Cases of alleged plagiarism in work submitted for Study-Units to which

less than 8 credits are assigned shall be investigated by a Faculty Assessment

Disciplinary Board, composed of the Dean of the Faculty or his delegate, the Head of

Department or his delegate and the lecturer responsible for the Unit.

(2) When plagiarism is established to have occurred, the Faculty Assessment

Disciplinary Board shall, in the case of plagiarism deemed to be minor, being the

student’s first offence

(a) issue an oral or written reprimand; and/or

(b) reduce the mark of the Assessment or of the relevant Assessment component

if applicable down to, and including, the mark of zero with or without the possibility of

reassessment.

(3) In the case of plagiarism deemed to be major, or if minor, being the

student’s second or subsequent offence, the Faculty Assessment Disciplinary Board

shall refer the case to the University Assessment Disciplinary Board.

(4) If plagiarism is detected after the result of a Study-Unit has been

published or after an award has been conferred, the University Assessment Disciplinary

Board may direct that the result of the Study-Unit be annulled and/or that the award be

withdrawn.

(5) The University Assessment Disciplinary Board may give direction and

more guidelines to Faculty Assessment Disciplinary Boards on procedures to be used in

such cases.”

Amendment to regulation 51 of the principal regulations

For regulation 51 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“51. If the examiner conducting the revision is of the opinion that there are

objective grounds for changing the result either upwards or downwards, the examiner

shall communicate the findings to the chairman of the Board of Examiners, who shall

convene a meeting of the Board of Examiners, including the examiner who conducted

the revision, to discuss the paper. The Board of Examiners shall follow mutatis

mutandis the procedures outlined in regulations 24 and 25. If the examiner’s

recommendation is to revise the marks downwards, the Board of Examiners shall only

agree to the recommendation if it results in a change of grade. A pass grade shall not be

downgraded to a failing grade; if it is found that extra marks in a passing grade have

been given by mistake, these marks shall be removed provided that the final percentage

mark is not less than 45%.”

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